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is but their pension obligations are, their pension system is in worse shape than detroit's, detroit's system is considered an argument how well funded it is but they have four pension systems in chicago, one of them is only 25% funded and the other one is only 38% funded. lori: may be funded through property taxes. no one will raise property taxes. >> interesting you say that. former chief financial officer of chicago did an estimate, in order to pay the bill they would have to raise property taxes 50% to 100%. lori: who is going to vote for that? >> the illinois constitution says you have to pay the pensions so here you have the immovable object and irresistible force. >> any other sources? >> no matter where the money comes from is coming from taxpayers, not the state of illinois. they are a fiscal mess. they don't have enough money to put in their pension system. they have been borrowing billions every year and i can't think of another state with a fiscal problem that the level they do so is not from illinois. lori: is in a domino situation? we watched detroit and now chicago, woul
is but their pension obligations are, their pension system is in worse shape than detroit's, detroit's system is considered an argument how well funded it is but they have four pension systems in chicago, one of them is only 25% funded and the other one is only 38% funded. lori: may be funded through property taxes. no one will raise property taxes. >> interesting you say that. former chief financial officer of chicago did an estimate, in order to pay the bill they would have to raise...
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new york citnew york city to bee fate as detroit. dealing with the pension and health care cost that has mayor bloomberg calling the risk of a bankruptcy a real concern. connell: david lee miller joins us. >> consider this, detroit is the largest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. up to $18 billion. a little more than three months time. they will elect a new mayor, just days ago mayor bloomberg had his words reverberated around new york. >> bloomberg says pension and health care cost contributing to the financial ruins threaten the economic stability. most new york city employees and retirees pay nothing for $6.3 billion in annual health insurance. workers pay little for pension that have taxpayers on the hook for $8 billion this year. spiegel in your city has 10,000 police officers retired were for under 40 and clayton pensions and they will collect the pensions for the rest of their lives. >> expired at least three years ago, the next mayor will be under pressure to win concessions. >> the unions have tried to wait it out. putti
new york citnew york city to bee fate as detroit. dealing with the pension and health care cost that has mayor bloomberg calling the risk of a bankruptcy a real concern. connell: david lee miller joins us. >> consider this, detroit is the largest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. up to $18 billion. a little more than three months time. they will elect a new mayor, just days ago mayor bloomberg had his words reverberated around new york. >> bloomberg says pension and health care...
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dagen: i am a daily reader of the detroit free press. it was last week you ran article about some of the things that were bothersome like car loans, the terms are getting longer. why is that disturbing? why should we be concerned about that? >> a couple things to keep an eye on to make sure they don't get out of whack and one of the ms. this 72 month, six your car loan accounted for 30% of sales in july. that is a long time supporting higher sales prices for cars. the average car costss$28,000. that is good but if people are stuck in loans that are so long that the car's worth less than they owe that is a problem. dagen: one last thing. how do people in default if the elected a bankruptcy filing? talking about how great car sales are but how are the folks doing? >> it is a mixed picture. there is nervousness, there is a feeling that a lot of this had to happen, it was inevitable and the future is better but how we get from here to the future is an uncharted road. dagen: thanks for being here, you're welcome back anytime, taught cars all
dagen: i am a daily reader of the detroit free press. it was last week you ran article about some of the things that were bothersome like car loans, the terms are getting longer. why is that disturbing? why should we be concerned about that? >> a couple things to keep an eye on to make sure they don't get out of whack and one of the ms. this 72 month, six your car loan accounted for 30% of sales in july. that is a long time supporting higher sales prices for cars. the average car...
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in detroit, a judge has the states bankruptcy case. 18 billion liabilities. the national federation says optimism is out. 94.1. that is up six times of one point. more people are paying their credit card bills on time. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ dagen: international speedway corporation breaking ground last month on a renovation of flagship. they are trying to boost attendance. i finally get to interview you, lisa. why do this now? >> $8.2 billion tv deal. a lot to do and choices to make. we will make a better experience for them. dagen: attendance has been a struggle. ratings have somewhat stabilized. this deal was quite easy to put together. we have rebounded. our attendance is rebounding. it will appeal to a younger group. dagen: the seats will be wider. there will be more restrooms. >> we will have a lot more opportunities for sponsorship. there will be revenue coming in from the sponsorship side. dagen: there are 11 other tracks. at which of those tracks will you also be reducing capacity? >> we
in detroit, a judge has the states bankruptcy case. 18 billion liabilities. the national federation says optimism is out. 94.1. that is up six times of one point. more people are paying their credit card bills on time. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ dagen: international speedway corporation breaking ground last month on a renovation of flagship. they are trying to boost attendance. i finally get to interview you, lisa. why do this now?...
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. >> they're committed to seeing detroit do better. we'll talk about that we'll talk about the housing market. what is the future of loans right now. ashley: yay. >> where are we going with that. ashley: very good. tracy: good stuff. >> it will be a lot of fun. tracy: don't miss "the willis report" tonight 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox business. ashley: president obama set to give a news conference in about half an hour. he doesn't do these very often in front of the press corps. there is a lot to talk about before he goes on vacation from terror to immigration reform and oh, yeah, the debt ceiling. chief political correspondent byron york will be us to talk about the interview. tracy: as we go out to break look at winners and losers on the nasdaq. we'll be right back. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spirivis a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. y
. >> they're committed to seeing detroit do better. we'll talk about that we'll talk about the housing market. what is the future of loans right now. ashley: yay. >> where are we going with that. ashley: very good. tracy: good stuff. >> it will be a lot of fun. tracy: don't miss "the willis report" tonight 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox business. ashley: president obama set to give a news conference in about half an hour. he doesn't do these very often...
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they are saying is detroit really bankrupt? >> there are a lot of people who will take issue with what detroit is trying to do. it is important to remember before they got here. they are responsible for their own on doing. until a couple years ago, if you are a public safety official in detroit, you could retire at 55 with 80% of your salary and health care. this is the day of reckoning. it is important that this be done right. this is the first city that is trying. dagen: that raises the issue. so many others have been thrown up their. those cities would not act, with day, jason, until it is clear that detroit can do this. >> that is why it is so important here. they are saying that this violates the constitution. you cannot reduce benefits for retirees. that violates the state constitution. what some of us are hoping is these contracts can be renegotiated. if they get away with protecting retiree benefits through this chapter nine filing, what you will see is other cities using chapter nine. we do not want it to happen. that
they are saying is detroit really bankrupt? >> there are a lot of people who will take issue with what detroit is trying to do. it is important to remember before they got here. they are responsible for their own on doing. until a couple years ago, if you are a public safety official in detroit, you could retire at 55 with 80% of your salary and health care. this is the day of reckoning. it is important that this be done right. this is the first city that is trying. dagen: that raises the...
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there's one thing he says is keeping this country from becoming like detroit. what is the? we will tell you. connell: before we get to that, here are some of their winners today in the market on the s&p 500. ♪ connell: at the half hour, here is what we still have coming up for you. wayne rogers is here. we will get to wayne. then we take you behind the scenes on casting on hbo. then we take you to the country's premier auto auction. a ferrari backend apparently fetch close to $7 million. cheryl: it is for an auger before me. connell: i do not think i needed that comparison. dagen: yes, i am into cars. nicole: that is all they needed. this one is pertaining to the nsa leaker who is over there a broad. snowed and worked from 2009 until earlier this year. they are not talking about this. in the meantime, we have karl icahn in court. the story is so intertwined. dagen: detroit's fiscal crisis. it is just the beginning. potentially facing similar circumstances. there is one difference between us and the city. what is it? connell: wayne rogers is here to tell us, i hope. >> the
there's one thing he says is keeping this country from becoming like detroit. what is the? we will tell you. connell: before we get to that, here are some of their winners today in the market on the s&p 500. ♪ connell: at the half hour, here is what we still have coming up for you. wayne rogers is here. we will get to wayne. then we take you behind the scenes on casting on hbo. then we take you to the country's premier auto auction. a ferrari backend apparently fetch close to $7 million....
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. >> most investors in the market viewed detroit as a 1-off. very unique circumstances. to your point there will be a likely protracted debate or legal battle about what they have to pay back the law will end up happening see the general obligation bondholders. at think if you look at the market more generally that news has weighed on the market along with higher interest rates. they have not done very well of recent fight. they may be challenged over the next couple of weeks due to seasonal. september is never a good month historically. coming out of that we feel like investors will come back. it is a place where you can still get yield. you generally have high quality investment. it still plays a very strong role in the muslim portfolio. ashley: an investor who is looking for yield that does not want that exposed to much risks to the increasing interest rates, what is my best ploy? >> it depends upon how you think about fixed-income in your portfolio. we have a lot of investors who have felt traditional, cork, fixed-income portfolios and thin
. >> most investors in the market viewed detroit as a 1-off. very unique circumstances. to your point there will be a likely protracted debate or legal battle about what they have to pay back the law will end up happening see the general obligation bondholders. at think if you look at the market more generally that news has weighed on the market along with higher interest rates. they have not done very well of recent fight. they may be challenged over the next couple of weeks due to...
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they're not detroit's. when that analysis is done, at our present tax structure the taxable equivalent yield is about nine. where are you going to get nine in a liquid investment of very high credit quality? i don't see very much of it. so we shifted allocation to tax-free bond. ashley: very good. do your homework. always good advice. david kotok, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. lori: let's take a specific look at the market because the gains thus far are evaporating slightly. lauren simonetti joins us from the floor of the stock exchange. you're watching a couple big movers on the session. >> on earnings, we have a winner and loser. let's start with teach very. that's a winner. shares are up 5% the company announced its highest net revenue and profit in the company's history. investors encouraged by that. additionally, several settlements of companies like cisco and motorola means teach very has more -- teach very has more cash to invest in research and marketing. overall
they're not detroit's. when that analysis is done, at our present tax structure the taxable equivalent yield is about nine. where are you going to get nine in a liquid investment of very high credit quality? i don't see very much of it. so we shifted allocation to tax-free bond. ashley: very good. do your homework. always good advice. david kotok, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. lori: let's take a specific look at the market because the gains thus far are...
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municipal bonds are cheap compared to treasurys although there are too much price into them with the detroit bankruptcy although that is a unique event but on the heaviside before the holiday week but on average we're looking at 6 billion a of think it is that far out. lori: any other fixed-income tools we should look at? >> we have been encouraging customers to look at one market that i mentioned before is the fluting note rates issued by corporations and start with a fixed-rate but then five years convert to the floating rate but the benefit is the risk of the 5 yards -- five-year bond defensed does start to hike down the road. lori: i do remember that discussion. thank you. breaking news will closing down $0.5,105.92 a barrel. so with the decline in oil prices that is it today decline for the price of crude. donald trump is being sued $40 million for full profits of trump university for deceiving customers at every stage. his legal team has responded in rehab the details. >> they said the new york attorney general allegedly tried to settle the case but at just $5 million was pushing to se
municipal bonds are cheap compared to treasurys although there are too much price into them with the detroit bankruptcy although that is a unique event but on the heaviside before the holiday week but on average we're looking at 6 billion a of think it is that far out. lori: any other fixed-income tools we should look at? >> we have been encouraging customers to look at one market that i mentioned before is the fluting note rates issued by corporations and start with a fixed-rate but then...